Railway-rail fastening.



G. KNOPP.

RAILWAY RAIL FASTENING.

APPL-loulou FILED Nov. 19,-1908.

924,908. Patented. June 15,1909.

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CHARLES KNOPF, F RICHMOD, INDIANA.

RAILWAY-RAIL FASTENING.`

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1509.

Application led November 19, 1908. Serial No. 463,362.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES Knorr, a

- citizen of the United States, residing in Richmond, in the county of Wayne and State of Indiana, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Rail Fastenings, of which the following is a full, clear, and -comprehensive specification, being such as will enable others familiar with the art to which the invention pertains to make and for connecting the rails upon the ties.

' The obj ect of my invention, broadly speaking, is to produce extremely and highly effi- Th cient means for connecting ordinary metal railway rails to metalcross-ties, which means will bestrong and durable in construction, positive in action, and which can be produced at a comparatively low. price.-

More specically stated, my object is to lprovide means for connecting railway rails to with means for cushioning the rails at each point'whereby the desired resiliency will be im arted as traffic passes thereover; to affor means whereby the danger of-the vrails lspreading apart will be substantially m'l; toaiford meanswhereby the rails may be removed and replaced in a minimum of tlme and with absolute precision; and aording means whereby the expansion and thecontraction of the rails will, not be retarded 1n any particular.

Other objects and particular advantages of my invention will be made apparent inthe course of the following specification, and the features which are new'will be correlated in the appended claim.

The preferred manner for carrying out the objects of my invention is shown most clearly in the accompanying drawings, in which` Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my invention in operative position, in connection with a metal tie and portions of'two parallely railway rails; Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the parts shown'in Fig. 1, as taken on a line extending centrally of and longituthe metal tie Fig. 3 is an isometrical detail view of one of the four clampin members .employed in connection with eac tie, for securing two rails thereon;

and Fig. 4 is an isometricaldetailview of ,one

of the two cushion-blocks for each tie, one

being disposed under each of the rails.

Similar indicesdenote like parts throughout the several views of the one sheet of drawings.

In order thatV the construction, applicabetter understood and appreciated I will now I will efine the several parts and theI several features as brieiiy and as comprehensively as I ma Inthe drawings the letter A denotes an I-shaped metal tie, similar in cross sectional contour to an ordinary railway-rail, but of larger dimensions. In Figs. 1 and 2 the central portion of the tie is shown as broken .awayL simply for convenience in drawing.

formed flat, parallel with the under face, and having outwardly extending projections or flanges.

The indices B and B denote two ordinary provements is the same for-each .railI I will describe that for one rail by certain numerals, and refer to like parts for the other rail by like numerals rimed or with exponents Numerals 1 ang 1 denote a iiat plate, as 'of wood or the like, ada ted to give the pro er resiliency which wi l increase the life plate is the same as is the width of the base of the rail B, or B its length is slightly more than is the width of the face of the tie A.

Said plate hasA downwardly extending lugs, a

and b, one at each end, formed integral therewith, and adapted to fit over the edges of the top or head of the tie, as shown in Fig. Said plate 1 is shown inverted in Fig. 4. Sald lugs, a and t, are for the purpose of. preventing the plate 1 from slipping e'ndwise out of position. The four clamping members shown are identical with 'each other.

Numerals 2 and 3 (and 2 and 3') denote the body portion of each of the four clamplng members. Said parts are adapted to 11e Hat Von top of the tie, with theirsides or edges curved downward and then inward corresponding to the edges of the tleover which they lap, extendin inward under the head thereof forming c annels for the upper flange edges of the tie to slide 1n, whereb the clamping members may slide longltudlnally along the tie but cannot be removed therefrom, except. by sliding them off the ends of the tie. Formed integral with'each tion, and utilization of my invention may berailway-'rails- As the construction of my imof t e rail, will absorb the jar, and will reduce i the noise to a minimum. The width of said take u a detail description thereof, in which e upper face of the'head of the tie A is i of said members 2, 3, 2 .and 3 ,is an upwardly and inwardly directed luv 4, 5 4 and 5 respectivel The inner face of'said lugs is formed o a contour such as to fit and extend up over on the surfaces of the bases of the rails as shown, the inner edges of the mem? bers 2-3 and 2-'-3 Contactin with the lsides of theplates 1 and 1 as in icated.

half-round Ihannel is form'ed across in the under face of each ofthe members 2, 3, 2 and 3, as shown in Fig. 2, and more clearly "in Fig. 3, which channels terminate at, eac

end' in round apertures extending through the curved sides of said members as indicated in Fig. 3. Alsol a companion channel, for

each ofsaid channels, first named, is formed across the upper face of the tie A, as indicated in 2. The said channels in the face of the tie are so located that the register each with its companion channelyin the members 2, 3, 2 and 3 only when the opposed edges ofthe members 2-3, and 2 -3 `are in contact with the plates 1 and 1', as in Figs. 1 and 2 ,thereby forming a round aper` ture each for one of the bolts 6, 7, 8 and 9 which, when inserted. therein, will m'anifestly lock each of the clamping members in operative osition as shown. In order to prevent sald bolts from working out of place there should be a permanent head formed'on one end thereof, while the other end may be provided with a threaded nut, or preferably with a spring key disposed at right-angles therethrough, as indicated by the numeralsl 10, 11, 12 and 13, for the respective bolts. lt will be noticed that the clamping'members are arranged in pairs, two pairs being located on one tie, each pair engaging a different rail, and the two members of each Kpair are oppositely disposed with relation to Veach other. y

Desiring to remove the rails one has only to remove one of the bolts and slide the clamping member thereof back from engagement with the rail, but not removing said member from the tie, this beingdone only on one side ofthe rail at each tie on which the rail rests after which, it is manifest, that the rail may be skidded to one'side removing it from the cushion-block and Vfrom engagement with the other (secured) clampin member.

In placing the rails the reverse o the above operation is made: One member of. each pair -wardly of clamping members is secured in position, all facing in the same direction, the cushionplates are then placed in position, after which the rail is positioned onv said cushionplates, and the other member of each pair of clam ing members is thenislid up to position and they are secured by their respective bolts, which will, of course, complete the operation and retain the rails in position as shown.

l desire that it be understood that various changes may be made in the detailsof construction, herein shown and described, without departing tion or sacrlficin g any of the advantages thereof. y

Having now fully shown and described my invention, what l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, isM

ln combination with a railway rail, and a metal cross-tie having an upper fianged head and a fiat base, a pairof oppositel directed clampin members for each r slidably mounte only at the ends of the tie, said clamping members having their sides curved downand then inwardly to en age the edges of the tie and formin channe s for the up er edges of the tie to slidla in, an upwardly an inwardly rojectin f lug formed. on each of said' clamping mem ers and adapted to en a e the surfaces of the base of ther ail, a

bo t or each of said clamping members, there being channels formed across in the u per face of the tie and a companion channe for each formed across in the under face of -each of said clam ing members forming an a erture for said olt, a key for retaining the 'liolt in position, and a cushion-block disposed between the under face of the rail and the Ep er face of the tie, the ends of said block ein bloc to engage the edges of the tie' to retain the block 1n position, all substantially as shown and described and for the purposes set forth. y

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribedv my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

.l CHARLEsKNoP'F.

R. E. HANDLE.

turned down at fright, angles tothe from the spirit ofl my invenon the tie and removable therefrom 

